Wheel



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' J. PRENIER' WHEEL.

No. 313,931. Patented Mar. 17,1885.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. PRENIER.

WHEEL.

No. 313,931. Patented Mar. 17,1885.

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WHEEL.

SPECJEFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent. No. 313,931, dated lJIarch 17, 1885.

Application filed January 3,13-5.

T0 a-ZZ whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FRENIER, of the city and county of La Porte, in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vheels, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish a wheel for agricultural implements and other vehicles which may be constructed wholly of metal, and possess the qualities of cheapness, lightness, strength, and durability.

The drawings represent Views of the wheel and its various parts.

Figure l is a perspective view of the wheel. Fig. 2 is a crosssection ot' the hub. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the hub. Fig. 4 is a side view of the box or renewable bearing for the spindle, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the rim or folly and tire combined.

The hub is constructed in three pieces, of cast, gray or malleable, iron. It consists of the spoke-holder a, the box I), and the nut c. The boX fits snugly into the spoke-holder and is held in position by the nut, which is tightly screwed on. The central part of the spoke holder has only suiiicient diameter to inclose the box and give the requisite strength to the hub. The portions near the ends of the spokeholder have a greater diameter than the middle portion, in order to hold the spokes securely and firmly. At each end of the spokeholder an annular fiange,d (Z,projects outward, forming a recess, into which the nut fits at one end and the flange on the box fits at the other end. The spokeholes are made in the two flanges d d, one-half in each. These holes are dodgedthat is, each hole is opposite the center of the space between two holes in the other flange, f, near one end, and ascrew-thread, {1,

There is an annular proj ecat the other end.

tion, h, on the inner surface of the flange f,

and a similar projection, i, on the flange 7c of the nut. A groove, Z, is ent near the inner end of each spoke, and the annular projections h andi on the box and nut fit into these grooves and hold the spokes as it' they were riveted. the outer surface of the box. This arrangement permits the spoke to act both by tension andby resistance to a crushing force at different times, as its position in the wheel varies a The spoke is also hcldfirmwhile revolving. ly in the metal somewhat as a wooden spoke is held in the mortise ot'a wooden hub. The box on its outer surtiiccmay be slightly enlarged near the flange to cause the box to press snugl y against the end of the spokes when the nut is screwed on tight, and there may also be a wedgeshaped annulus on the inner edge of the nut to pass in like manner for the same purpose under the end of the spokes. One half the spokes would rest on one of thcm and the other halt on the other one. The spokes may be either straight or tapered, and either round or oval. The spokes may also be screwed into the hub,-it' desired. The rim may be a pipe witha half-oval cross-section, or its cross-section may be in the form of a truncated cone or quadrilateral. Spoke holes are drilled through the rim and threads cut in them, The spokes are screwed into these holes and riveted. As the rim is metallic, a tire may be dispensed with.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, in a hub, of the spokeholder a, with flanges and recesses, as described, and the boX I), With flange and annular projection, and the hat 0, with similar flange and projection.

JOSEPH FRENIER.

\Vitnesses:

WM. NILEs, E. H. Scorn.

The inner ends of the spokes rest on 

